Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Remember this post from a few months back? The Sens' wives & girlfriends had elected to donate part of their Christmas fundraiser to First Place Pregnancy Centre, and the CBC erupted in rage and threw up a big fuss. Because the FPPC doesn't refer to abortuaries.

There's a bit more to the story, apparently.

It seems that the arch-nemesis of all things pro-life, Planned Parenthood, had been doing some string pulling behind the curtains. In a press release today, FPPC alleges that Planned Parenthood "interfered with critical funding and defamed their charity putting the charity and the women they serve at risk." So First Place is suing.

Saturday, May 10, 2008

I've been there for seven years and done quite well for myself. But due to my general sense of dissatisfaction with the way the business is going (and not being invested enough in the company to try to change it myself), as well as the horrid schedule I had to work, I've been actively looking for work elsewhere for several months.

I've finally landed a great job: I'll be doing logistics and coordination of moves for a moving & storage company. It's a completely different switch from call center management, but it's a good switch. I won't be in management, which I currently consider a positive thing - I'm quite tired of being held responsible for other peoples' performance.

The best thing about this job is the schedule: I'll be off at 5:00 PM every day, instead of times varying from 3:00 PM to 2:00 AM. Plus, it's Monday - Friday, instead of seven days a week.

What are the "Transformations" posts all about?

If you missed the original post, the idea behind my Transformations series is that I am committing to writing 100 posts on the topic of a specific thing I've done that day to try to become a better man.

Why "Convert Man"?

A key moment in my life was my decision to become Catholic. People like me are called "converts." Up to that point (1997) I had been a Bible-school educated Free Methodist with a light salting of the charismatic movement. I was, and still am, a born-gain Christian with a genuine relationship with Jesus Christ.

But why on earth would an evangelical Christian ever become Catholic?!? Isn't that going backwards?

This is a decision many of my friends and family could not understand. Ultimately, the reason was one of authority: who has it? As a Protestant, my answer was always "The Bible."

But I never stopped to ask myself if the Bible itself claims that it has final authority in all spiritual and moral matters of any importance.

It does not.

There are countless references in Scripture to there being sources of the Truth other than what is Written. I explained my reasoning (albeit sloppily) based on passages from my old NIV Bible way back in 1998, and later posted it to my blog. For a better explanation, check this out.

I was actually very surprised to discover this truth, and once I did the only logical place to turn was to the only place which claims to retain the oral teachings of the faith of old.

Since I "crossed the Tiber" I've had no regrets, despite the lost friendships and tense moments with my family. It's all worth it. See Matthew 13:44.